Carrier for braiding-machines and the like.



A2 .PBTBRSEN =GARRIEB\I`0B. BEAIDING MACHINES AND THE LIKE.'

' nfPLIoATIoN FILED JULY 15, 1907.

931,084. Patented Aug. E969.

`@mil l lii'ugli tali@ liu s of flic lvnmfm @Y spiking mg'urs boing Pw, if. known that: vl, AKKER FETERSEN. suligcf r m' im lung oli Hemmung l3nt :it pi will a i'oslclent u!" Sli m the County 0i? 5 Ful'olk mul Stal@ 0l' Iiiissaclusets, harm in- Vented an Improvement in. Garfi@ a im? rrt g i@ tlm drawing, A represents a. 60 E aiding-lacliinss mid the like, of Winni 'bol-tom if @te having; iy its luider Side :1. neck lie lillu'wim; al @wipt-ion, in( ,.meftim'i xviii; 1 puizimx', :Vn up; "il (is lf' 'ne muveil the :Compingmg (li'mvi u, is n. specifical m'migli usimlsi'puiixihgmovcsoLliusuzil l tion, lili@ lttesoii alle diawig reposmiling; plate if :my usual bmlding nmcliim, th@ l lil f 1d of th neck luv/ing' fm attmlid al (lm c Y" if' `its cmiiiimnly i mi 0i' n smal mi im meule to unite and ih@ parte; with which the weight 25 iefluees the Weight of the Carme? and enable@ Y f ion mail; nl, Liss nppo- 1 @im same to be run 1n the machin@ far a Vey P that sustain S0 much faste `peed. 32 Shown nl' atp My pzsved carrie? presents ai iframe cascw 5l i @il will a, wading' @unir/using conn-ecml'tcg@ and bo'bom plaies @ya a eir', one s ik mt substfmmlly bem/aan which lie thread mass @an ne alauiwzfiy lie lie t-him mass C,

wvably susmineol with its axis parallel $0 Vrh-icl plates- Said ham@ is provided Wih a its ai having in @ya which. is mtd y :i si ing that emls to move 'alle eye m a iolimnlml direction parallel with @bhs wis of he tluuml uniss, said takemp mm igcl ove tlm upper sini/e, The surface 0i' "sim l v l. 1 Said plates with 85 as will De mmclully irs jmunziled ifi the ltwo 'alle lowi and 0i' Suid web Vlad in :i lmle 0i* iss L) 90 plie. The upper @uil @uuml @mss is als@ acted upon by' d tension m if afl Vith filmiizmbz 10e compri-sli'ig a. plurality of spamely' which is; provided 40./ Gable i'asilient 'fingers .uch am Jollctfimlg; rm 5 which ively under lle @mitral a i single adus- 1" mul with an eye sible 1 mm' @mi fzywing the 'talfup T -i ,g im 1 L L W., i L, 4.1, 97M, fp xl, -i. i rsi liebcribs one lfmbodimeii@ 0i i massi time@ l 1. Uw mi. i li im A ifi L @mman and tlifm Domi mit Vlie novel. fea l ."munseil f QQ lu-m05 in the appmu'led claims. fili 1 saldar, the ire@ 1 q l Figure l snows my lmpl'oved :armer in @sul i o' sind 'mg engaging; me top 100 fsidu vieu/mili the tnlwiipmits normal posh l manie; 9o that l spring mais nm'nmllj; tu

5 ifm; Fig. 2 an epposie Sideview; Fig. 3 is a m'n Said shaft in a direction t0 move the up View nf Fig. l showing tlm take-up inv if: ol' tlm-5l' l arm. lvliwaril ay stop n? which ver plm-,0 .E32 and away lmm posit-ions, 2h23 lull lines showing the rst-esi i (valued, my the the pull ci the s ool the spring yielding to p Work said slack thread and giving up to the thread, as required.

1n threading up the carrier, the thread from the thread mass C is taken through the leading eye a., thence through an eye m et the inner end of the 'arm b', thence along said arm bf through the eye t2 at the end thereoll and thence through the delivery eye a. When the braiding carrier is in use, the tension to which the thread ,is subjected tende to draw the talre-up arm. o' over toward the delivery 'eye a', as shown in dotted lines Fig. 3,'and said take-up arm Will normally be held in substantially the dotted line position except when the thread be comes slack when thc spring d will serve to swing the arm back suflicient to take up any slack.. The advantageofthis construction is th'atthe movement ol' the take-up arm affects only the portion of the thread bem tween the eye b2 and the delivery eye a', for in all positions oi' the take-up arm the length Yol' thread between the eye b2 and the thread mass is the saine. A very perfect control oi the thread isthus obtained.

rl`he roch-shaft l) near its lower end has a projection d shown in this present instance as an extension ol the spiral Aspring; d surroundingr said shai't. ll the thread should break said spring' d will turn the i'ocl -slialft t `to bring the arm b against the stop o2, es

shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and such movement ol' the rock-shalt will swing the projection d beyond the edge ol' the lower plate il. into the position shown in l'ull lines Figf 3. When the projection df is in this projected 'position it is designed to coact with a member oi' some suitable stop motion thereby to stop the operation of the machine.

The thread constituting the thread mass C is shown as wound on wooden quill e shown by dotted lines Figs. l and 2, through which is extended a spindle e l'iavinn near one end a collar e2 and said spindle e is sustained in the uprights B, B', so that the thread mass is placed with its axis horizontally. The thread mass will, in practice, be Wound after what is known as the'fdiagonal or Leeson wind, .the ends ol' the thread mass presenting substantially vertical end w alle, the diameter of the mass substantially lilling the space between the bottom and top plate ol' the carrier that is not occupied by the tension mcans used and to be described.

The upright B at its inner" side has a` 'wedge-shaped fork or crotch piecefprovided in its apex with a hole for the reception of one end of the spindle c, one end of the quill opposite the end ol' the spindle o enter the hoe in the crotch f meeting the collar c2, while the short yend e3 ot said spindle outside said collar enters a hole in the upright B, and extended therethrough is acted uponl by spring q connected 'with the carrier, said senese sprin maintaining vthe opposite 'ends of the spmd e seated m the hole 1n the apex of the The collar'e2 aids in keeping the forlrdf. spin le in the uill with itsend e3 always'under control an Vcapable of being pressed into the holein said upright to act on said spring, vthat the opposite end ofthe spindle maybe pressed into the hole inforkf. The periphery of the "thread mass is sub jected to tension or its too free. "turning movement is checked through the action of a tension device comprising, as shoWn,. n.' plurality of springsteel lingers h carried by a tube h split for a portion of its length as at h2. The split tube surrounds loosely a staftionary shaft h3 mounted in the uprights B, B', and having' near one end e loose collar having a slot h2 A spiral spring m is coiled about the shaft h3 inside saidtube, and one end m of the Wire formingthe spring rotrades from the slot in the tube and a uts horiflzontally-1 as shaft .in a directi 'n to cause the free ends of l l the spring ngersh to act on the periphery lof the1 thread mass for a considerable dis' tance with relation tothe length thereof, all the fingers acting to check the rotation of the thread mass too eisily, 'and yet' each linger is tree to yiell independently of an adjacent linger, according toI the requirements of the surface of the thread mass directly thereunder, such collective and independentyielding Vof the .fingers insuring more perfect tension than would be the case if but two fingers were used and said lingers `were connected at their outer ends. The extension m ofthe wire roivthe spring will contact with the bottom plate or' the cam when a spool isremoved, thus reventing the spring h from being move( too far to the left Fig. 4. r

Having described my invention, what IA claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is v i. In a braiding carrier, the combination with a carrier frame having means to sustain a thread mass with its axis parallel to the direction of movement of said frame, of a leading,r eye above the thread mass, a delivery eye, and a' spring-controlled take-up arm movable parallel to the axis of the thread mass and situated between the leading eye and the delivery eye.

2. In a braiding?J carrier, the combination with a carrier traine having means to sustain a thread mass with its axis parallel to the l.,direotitm ol' movement of said frame, 0f a the combination with a carrier presenting top andbottom plates, means to removably sustain a thread mass between said plates, and a yielding take-up acting on the thread as it is delivered from the thread mass, of a plurality of independently-yieldable lingers acting frictionally on the thread mass, and means acting on all of the iingersollectively to yieldingly hold them against the thread mass.

4. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a carrier presenting top and bottom plates, means to vremovably sustain a thread mass between said plates, and a yielding take-up acting on the thread as it is delivered from the thread mass, of a plurality of independently-yieldable connected lingers acting frictionally on the thread mass, and a sprin acting on all of thel, ers to yieldingly hol them against the* thread mass. In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this speciication, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. f

ANKER PETERSEN.

Witnesses:

MARGARET A. DUNN, EVAN'GELINE C. BROWN. 

